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TOPSHOT - (L-R) Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Aung Kyaw Moe, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Brunei's representative to ASEAN Latifah Zaini, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, East Timor Director General for ASEAN Affairs Elisa da Silva and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a photo during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images)